#488B59#488B59

#488B59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.103 H 150.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B59
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(135, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(135, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -32.92, 20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 38.69, 148.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% -0.0895 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.103 150.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.7074, 20.5632, 12.6960)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B59 #8B487A

analogous

#598B48 #488B59 #488B7B

triadic

#488B59 #59488B #8B5948

tetradic

#488B59 #48598B #8B487A #8B7B48

square

#488B59 #48598B #8B487A #8B7B48

split-complementary

#488B59 #7B488B #8B4859

monochromatic

#1E3A25 #33633F #488B59 #62AE76 #8BC399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#488B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#488B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B59

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B59	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.103 150.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fad88',
    500: '#488b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b59;
$custom-light: #7fad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.224,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57881,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 150.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B59

secondary

#AE80A3

accent

#60AEC8

background

#F8FAF8

surface

#EFF4F0

border

#CACECB

text

#0A100B

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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